Microsoft Discovery: Advancing agentic R&D at scale

By Dustin Ward

Transforming R&D with agentic AI: Introducing Microsoft Discovery Read the blog Over the past year, we’ve made significant progress with Microsoft Discovery by working closely with research and development (R&D) organizations. Today, we’re sharing how those efforts are translating into real momentum for customers and partners, while also expanding preview access to Microsoft Discovery. This…

Cloud Cost Optimization: Principles that still matter

By Dustin Ward

In this article What is cloud cost optimization and why does it still matter? How AI workloads change traditional cost optimization Cloud cost optimization best practices for AI and modern workloads Cloud cost management versus cost optimization Measuring value alongside cloud cost optimization Next steps for cloud cost optimization on Azure This blog post is…

AI for nuclear energy: Powering an intelligent, resilient future

By Dustin Ward

The world is racing to meet a historic surge in power demand with an infrastructure pipeline built for the analog age. Driven by the exponential expansion of digital technologies and the reindustrialization of supply chains, the mandate for always-on, carbon-free power is urgent and absolute. Nuclear energy is the essential backbone for this future, but…

FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single data platform

By Dustin Ward

In this article Introducing the Database Hub in Microsoft Fabric Getting your data estate ready for AI with Fabric Unifying your data estate with Microsoft OneLake Processing and harmonizing data with Fabric analytics Creating semantic meaning with Fabric IQ Empowering agents to act with Fabric data and operations agents Building mission-critical applications with developer experiences…

Microsoft at NVIDIA GTC: New solutions for Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI infrastructure and Physical AI

By Dustin Ward

Microsoft combines accelerated computing with cloud scale engineering to bring advanced AI capabilities to our customers. For years, we’ve worked with NVIDIA to integrate hardware, software and infrastructure to power many of today’s most important AI breakthroughs. What’s new at NVIDIA GTCExpanded Microsoft Foundry capabilities to build, deploy and operate production-ready AI agents on NVIDIA…